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00:00 Intro

00:46 Sponsor: TuxCare Radar

02:23 Windows 11 is failing right now

05:20 What's the job of an OS?

06:51 Updates break systems. Often.

10:53 You have to adapt to it

15:14 It's highly intrusive

17:44 Debloating tools don't make it good

20:19 Windows fails at being an OS

21:33 Alternatives are better, but not perfect

27:23 Windows is a sales platform, not an OS

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[–] 96 points 4 weeks ago (20 children)

It really is.

I’ve been a Unix maximalist since I can remember, but I’ve never convinced my peers to follow.

Since windows 11 has dropped, every single one of them now has a Linux machine for one purpose or another. Some are now considering a complete purge of MS products, as I have.

It’s happening.

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  • [–] 37 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Friend!

    It's been a long road, getting from there to here.

    It's glorious, isn't it?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

    Only thing I’m having a little trouble getting away from is are some office products and email hosting.

    Once Gmail has the equivalent of shared inboxes, I’ll switch to them for my business hosting.

    In case people here are not aware, I can create free email address with my domain name for receiving only.

    This is great because I don’t really need to send mail for each account I receive mail at, but with Gmail you have to pay for each one as far as I know.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Do you have any experience with Docker? I've been running a mail server myself without too much trouble. More than happy to help if you wanted similar.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Yes, but since it is for my business, I did not want to risk emails not getting delivered properly.

    I only pay Microsoft like $6 a month, and I have no problem with that expense for the piece of mind.

    I just hate Microsoft and want to use their products as little as possible.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yes this is tough.

    We use Google Workspace. I use Proton at home.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    In case people here are not aware, I can create free email address with my domain name for receiving only.

    You should be able in gmail, under the Accounts tab in Settings, to add accounts to "Send mail as". Not sure how much of your problem that solves, though, if any.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    That works to some extent, although certain receivers like Yahoo will bounce messages because it breaks sender authentication protocols. I had to switch from Gmail to Proton (paid, the free version doesn't allow it) to fix that.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    If you're sending as a domain with a dkim record allowing gmail to send from it, that shouldn't be an issue as far as I'm aware.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Maybe there's some way, but Google didn't want me to know about it. All their docs made it seem like I would have needed to have an enterprise version (no clue what they call it but you know what I mean) of Google services to get it to work, not the free version. I tried for a couple days anyway and couldn't solve it, so I figured it was a good opportunity to de-google my email. Once I switched to Proton I had it set up in hardly any time at all, and all the different authentication protocols too. Longest part of the process was simply waiting for record propagation.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Moving to gmail, not from it?

    Google isn't exactly your friend and will not get better.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Your right, but it’s for my business and my understanding is that other email providers may have their emails marked as spam even when it’s just confirmation email, receipt, or appointment reminders.

    I don’t want to risk having mail not delivered and having it translate to a lost sale or a poor customer experience.

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